>> i'm john aly and i live in the central richmond district and i don't know whether this is the purview of the commission and i want to make it clear that my comments are disconnected from captain keith sanford or my colleagues on the community advisory board. i don't think i have to tell any of you that the public is under attack. i don't think i'm being pair noiled. when -- what i mean by that is entities that are in the public's trust like the police department, the fire department, the universities, the public schools are being defunded. and one of the things to be very specific, i'm a university professor. i teach at san francisco sate and i'm acutely aware of how the economics work. my concern is -- and i don't know that we all have an answer, but i want to put this on the record that i really believe in what we're doing with the community advisory boards. i think the community action groups are splendid, but we do not and cannot do what uniformed gun-carrying badge-bearing officers can do. and i want to make it quite clear that i'm concerned about that. i happen to know that ther

give his life to protect the people of afghanistan, and that was a police officer by the name of john ali that did that. over at the incop headquarters in town when suicide bombers approached there, they were able to shoot and kill one of them, but the other one was able to get in close to the incop, and, again, there was a senior cop officer who did the exact same thing. he ran up and hugged a suicide bomber so when he detonated himself only him and the suicide bomber were killed, and the other soldiers that were around, the policemen, received minor injuries, and in another moi facility where another suicide bomber occurred again, police officials approached what they thought was a suspect out there, fire ensued between them, and in the process, one police officers was killed, the other wounded, but they were able to kill the suicide bomber before he was able to set off his bomb. on that very day and in multiple places around here inside of kabul, policemen were really doing heroic deeds that we've seen little press of other than just a little tv here inside of afghanistan, so for us, t

ali. there is no real leader of the republican party of mitch mcconnell in the senate, john boehner in theoing to be whoever wins this nomination, ali. >> mark, good to see you this morning. mark preston in washington. >>> we are following new developments this morning in a massacre at an i hop restaurant. it happened in carson city, nevada. a gunman opened fire killing three members of nevada's national guard and a civilian. seven others were wounded. >> the suspected shooter is 32-year-old eduardo sencion. he killed himself. his motive may never be known. there is speculation this morning he was targeting the military. reporter nick month selly with cnn affiliate kxt be v has the story. ♪ god bless america >> reporter: there are moments in time when strangers come together for a united cause. ♪ my home >> reporter: in carson city no one really knows that cause. >> what's happened today has brought us here tonight. >> reporter: but they knew they wanted to be together. >> a little boy got pulled from a classroom today to find out his dad was killed. >> reporter: the reason they are here i

ali. then, became the greatest boxer of all-time. >> i must be the greatest. >> reporter: and johnny cougar, slowly worked his way back to his real name. to johnougar mellencamp. then, just john mellencamp. will the new name bring new levels of success? time will tell. but one thing's for sure. with a labor lockup threatening the start of basketball season, maybe a little world peace is exactly what the nba needs. for "good morning america," dan koeffler, abc news, new york. >> can refer to him as mr. peace. all right. >>> coming up on "good morning america," kiddie catwalk controversy. >>> and can you turn three news anchors into an actual band? keep it here. with a whole serving of fruit, it's parfait our way. and a delicious treat you can enjoy any time of day. subway. eat fresh. this flat-out delicious -- the new $3 flatbread breakfast combo. a toasty 6-inch flatbread breakfast sandwich and a 16-ounce cup of freshly brewed seattle's best coffee. all for just $3. build your better breakfast today. [ woman ] we didn't know where to go next with eric's adhd. his stimulant medicine was helping, but some symptoms were still in his way. so the d

john? >> how's the plan going to be paid for. the president will say it's all paid. alill be there about four minutes from now. a policy standpoint. millions of you are hurting and want help. also an important statement, the president gearing up to run for re-election. no president in our history re-elected with unemployment this high. as christine romans described it, it is almost a keep the patient on life support piece of legislation. in the sense, is this in part -- are we asking too much? we have divided government in washington. some of the questions will not be settled. people say it's just politics. the republicans have a very different view from the president. >> right. >> we're not going to settle this perhaps until the next election and maybe not then. >> even if you did settle it, john, this is an interesting point, this recession we came out of in theory in the middle of 2009 was so deep and so immense and so global that you are not going to see a response from it. there are some people who have come to accept the fact that this was long, it was deep and goi

john boehner. did you see what he did? so petty. take a look. >> loving that. "american morning" continues right now. >>> all right. i'm ali velshi live in tampa for tonight's cnn tea party debate. brand new poll numbers are just out right now. it is rick perry and everyone else. >>> i'm christine romans. today president obama presents his jobs plan to congress, but, first, find out what he has planned to help rally more support for that $447 billion plan. >>> and i'm carol costello. bank of america reportedly planning to slash tens of thousands of jobs. the cutbacks create a leaner, more competitive bank, and who's jobs exactly are on the line? details on this "american morning." >>> good morning, everyone. it's monday. monday, september 12th. welcome to "american morning." >> yes. happy monday to you. ali velshi is live in tampa, florida, this morning, so get us rolling, ali. >> it's beautiful weather out here in tampa. politics is on the brain this morning. we're live at the florida state fairgrounds, carol and christine. the site of tonight's big tea party debate. this could be an early turning point in the race for th

johns in washington, thanks. >>> a programming note on monday, cnn and the tea party express host the next republican debate, live from tampa, florida, starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. our own ali velshi will be reporting live from the debate site beginning at 6:00 a.m. monday on "american morning." >>> former presidential candidate john edwards' trial pushed back. the latest developments for you after a break. >>> a texas day care owner behind bars. potentially deadly move she's accused of making to get her kids to sleep. next on "american morning." [ female announcer ] lactaid milk is easy to digest. it's real milk full of calcium and vitamin d. and tastes simply delicious. for those of us with lactose intolerance... lactaid® milk. the original 100% lactose-free milk. >>> 15 minutes past the hour. good morning to you. near record floods are drowning parts of new york and pennsylvania. the president has now signed emergency orders for both states to bring in federal aid. about 70,000 people in luzerne county, pennsylvania, were told to leave the susquehanna river because it was rising above flood stage. in wilkes-barre, the levees should hold up. reynolds wolfe in the weather

ali say something that was very canadian and i can't remember the word. >> a? >> you put the accents, emphasis on different syllables. if i think of it, i'll tell you. first of all, st. john-jo's the you go. hurricane. maria, 80 mile-an-hour winds clipping newfoundland late are today. a rare event. the third hurricane of the season and this one will hit canada. international falls is near canada, too. 19 degrees. marquette, michigan, 31. record lows. cold air infiltrating and even the earliest snow ever across north central wisconsin. just a little falling there. maybe lake effects happening, too. 20 to 30 degrees in some spots this morning. frost and freeze advisories issued and this cold front pushing all the way. the gulf of mexico in the atlantic. a lot of folks getting a taste of this, but that cold front, a bit of a price to pay here. ocean city, maryland. check out this video. a water spout caught on tape. this thing came off the bay and got on land. did a little damage to trucks and structures, but nobody got hurt with this thing. remarkable video. ocean city, maryland, thank you for that. the only severe weather report as far as tornadoes are concerned. that was

ali soufan. >> caller: you said you participated in the uss cole investigation in yemen. i understand there was quite a fishing contest between johnneill leader still head of the investigation and the ambassador to that country. given the fact that you might talk about that, given the fact that distressing your investigation, do you think in retrospect you got enough actionable intelligence on principle in the planning for the planes plot, the fbi might have been able to break that case before it occurred? >> guest: you ask a very good question but i have to separate it into a different issue is this the first issue is the john o'neill -- the u.s. ambassador to yemen at the time and the issue of intelligence that could have stopped the attack. we got all the information we could get from yemen. one of the people who participated in the uss cole attack admitted he delivered $36,000 to southeast asia to operatives over there. that information went to the other intelligence agencies and we ask if anyone knew anything about it. we sent requests about information in november of 2002 -- november of 2001, june of 2002 and so forth. unfor